v8.2602.0
configure: default-enable impstats push build support (#6542)
impstats: add VictoriaMetrics push via Remote Write
dev: add consistent development tools
AI support: improve codex container base setup script
CI: user newer OS versions in CI workflow
devtools: Specify usage of clang-format-18 to pin v18
build system: change --enable-imfile-tests default to "yes"
testbench: improve mysql test framework plumbing
testbench: fix issues with parallel test run
ci: improve Codecov uploads; deflake kafka topics
CI: add script to do a full CI run
new default development container and update Travis to new compilers